Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwan.

Adverb

*hwan

1. when

Derived terms

• *hwannē
  • Old English: hwonne, hwanne, hwænne
    • Middle English: whanne
      • English: when
      • Scots: whan
      • Yola: fan, van, phen
  • Old Frisian: hwanne, hwenne
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: hwanēr, hwonēr
      • Saterland Frisian: wanner
  • Old Saxon: hwanne
    • Middle Low German: wanne, wenne
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: wannēr, wannēre, wennēr
        • German Low German: wannehr, wennehr
  • Old High German: hwanne, hwenne, wanne, wenne
    • Middle High German: wanne, wenne
      • Bavarian: wånn
      • Cimbrian: bénne, benn
      • German: wann, wenn
      • Luxembourgish: wann
      • Pennsylvania German: wann
      • Yiddish: ווען (ven)

Descendants

• Old Frisian: hwon
• Old Saxon: hwan
  • Middle Low German: wan
    • Low German: wann, wenn
• Old Dutch: *wan
  • Middle Dutch: wann
    • Dutch: wen (archaic)
    • Limburgish: wen